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J. W. WHITAKER.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-11.19M-

1,1 94,908. Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

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JOSEPH W. WHITAKER, 0F NOBLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JAMES SIVIITH, 0F BRIDGEPOBT, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15,1916.

Application filed September 11, 1915. Serial No. 50,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WVHITAKER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Noble, in the county of Richland and State of Illinois, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Gates; and I declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the invention, partly broken away.

The object of the invention is to provide an improvement in devices for hanging farm gates, and the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the device applied to a farm gate, the numeral 2 indicates the gate, which is of ordinary construction, consisting of uprights?) and horizontal bars 1, secured together by pivotal bolts.

The gate posts are designated 5, 5, between which the gate is hung.

6, 6 are the hinge pintles, whose shanks are driven into the hinge post 5. Pivoted on the upper hinge pintle is a single oblique hinge member located at one side of the gate and provided with perforations 8 and bolts engaging the same, whereby it is .secured to the rear upright bar 3 of the gate. It is also perforated at its lower end for a rivet connection to an oblique brace iron 9, the lower end of which is secured to the upright bar 3, referred to. In this way the ratchet hinge member is rigidly secured to this upright bar, and effectually braced in position by the oblique iron bar or arm 9. The lower hinge member 11 consists of a rectangular iron which is pivoted on the lower pintle of the gate post, and is perforated for bolts, whereby it is secured to the gate upright.

To the lower portion of the gate, at or near its front lower corner is secured a stud or catch 12, to which is connected the end 14: of the supporting or tie rod 15, the upper end of which is made in down turned hook form, as at 16, to engage a notch of the 0bl1 que series 16 in the upper edge of the hinge member, according to the adjustment required. The hook end 16 of the rod 15 is provlded with a concave or stop arm 17, which is designed to engage a stop key 18, passing through a perforation of the oblique series 19 near the notch of the ratchet hinge to which the hook of the tie rod is connected. By this means'the tie rod is prevented from becoming accidentally disengaged from its notch. This stop key can, however, be readily disengaged when it is necessary to change the adjustment of the gate.

The rectangular hinge pintles 6, 6 have each an upright pintle arm, which is notched at 26, near its upper end, for engagement with a binding tie-brace 27, which extends around the gate post and serves to hold the hinge pintle firmly in position, being deslgned to prevent any change or weakening through the weight or working of a farm gate, which is usually quite large and heavy.

The device may be used in connection with a barn gate, and in such a case the supporting or tie rod which extends from the upper hinge member may be secured to the lower middle portion of the gate.

These simple and inexpensive devices are designed to provide a very eflicient farm gate, making it easily adjustable from level position to such inclinations as may be required for small stock or for snow in Winter. The adjustment is very firm, because of the attachment of the ratchet hinge member to the gate post, the weight of the gate resting on the gate post. A loop attachment 15 is provided to hold the rod 15 in raised position when adjusting the gate.

I claim:

In a gate having uprights and horizontal bars pivotally connected together and a gate post having hinge pintles, an oblique single strap hinge member located at one side of the gate, engaging the upper hinge pintle, having in its upper edge an oblique series of notches and in its body an oblique series of perforations, and an oblique single tie rod, also located at one side of the gate, in line with said oblique hinge member pivotally one of said series of perforations and said connected at its lower end to the lower pordownturned hook end of the tie rod. 1;- tion of the gate and at its upper end pro In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature, vided with a downturned hook end engagin presence of two witnesses.

ing one of said notches, whereby the weight J. WV. WHITAKER.

of the gate is transmitted directly through Witnesses:

said tie rod and hinge member to the upper lV. D. HUTOIIINSON,

hinge pintle, and a securing pin engaging ANNIE FOSTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

